Mark O - Hall monitor typeNov 18, 2022
If you are new to #mastodon, migrating from #twitter and you love to post videos, please consider posting your video over at a hosting site such as Youtube or Vimeo (others exist). Then post the link, it should show and play in your Toot.
It saves your server from having to store and stream huge quantities of extra data.
I'm going to add into here that federated hosting exists in the form of #peertube as well which is worth a look at. https://joinpeertube.org/
What is PeerTube? | JoinPeerTube

A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft

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Show threadTim DavidNov 20, 2022
@mojomoomoo I tried a YouTube link and it just left it as the URL. Is it supposed to embed it?
Show threadMark O - Hall monitor typeNov 20, 2022
@Talltim see the below its from YouTube.
What are you using to access and post on Mastodon? Browser or app?
It could also be your instance which is under a lot of pressure. I just tried to access mastodon.online and it didn't open.
Does the video show?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvI3mgCMgfE
YouTube

Show threadTim DavidNov 21, 2022
@mojomoomoo I posted from the browser that time, safari on iOS. I can see the embedded YouTube link on your toot
Show threadMark O - Hall monitor typeNov 21, 2022
@Talltim did you actually click publish? when you write the post you will just see the link like the attached image
https://youtu.be/ZcZMGx15QBU
but when you post it should populate. I ask because I cant see any post of yours with a video
The 9Barista Espresso Machine Review

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Show threadTim DavidNov 21, 2022
@mojomoomoo I think so, it’s this one https://mastodon.online/@Talltim/109375958683896866
It has a pic in as well which may stop the vid embedding, but I edited it in after as the YouTube didn’t embed. Thanks for the help by the way
Tim David (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Pretty much every morning I wake up with an ear worm stuck in my head. Sometimes it’s something I’d listened to the day before, but other times I have no idea where it came from. Anyway, here’s today’s https://youtu.be/APbaO8_b4Sw

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Show threadMark O - Hall monitor typeNov 21, 2022
@Talltim Yes I've since discovered you cant have a video and picture. Picture wins and video is demoted to link.
No problem.
Show threadTim David
@mojomoomoo worked this time! https://mastodon.online/@Talltim/109383417792157897
Tim David (@[email protected])

Today I woke up to this.cos I heard a steel drum band playing yesterday https://youtu.be/nKhN1t_7PEY

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Nov 21, 2022 at 7:22pmWeb